Haa Shuká, Our Ancestors: Tlingit Oral Narratives: 1
Dauenhauer, Nora Marks; Dauenhauer, Richard
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paperback. Series: Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature. Num Pages: 532 pages, illustrations, map, portraits. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 749.
These gripping and powerful prose narratives relate monumental events in the lives of the forebears of Tlingit clans, from the prehistoric migration to the coast of Southeast Alaska to the first contact with Europeans. The stories were recorded from the 1960s to the present by twelve tradition bearers who where passing down for future generations the accounts of haa shuka, which means “our ancestors.” Their narratives tell of the origin of social and spiritual concepts and explain the complex relationships among members of a given clan to their relatives in other clans, to spirits of the land where the vents ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
532
Condition
New
Series
Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature
Number of Pages
532
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295964959
SKU
V9780295964959
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99-15
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